Obesity: Disease of the new millennium


We should take immediate action about the increasing incidence of obesity in Malaysia. Find out more at the inaugural Star Health Fair.

ACCORDING to Prof Dr Mohd Ismail Noor, president of the Malaysian Association for the Study of Obesity (MASO), obesity, dubbed as “the disease of the new millennium”, constitutes the most important public health problem we face today.

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